BA Communications
About this course
BA in Communications, a fashion communication degree exploring media production, public audiences, and social change. Core topics include Research Methods and Communication & Writing. Students complete a final-year dissertation project. The first year covers core foundations through Media Production, Understanding Publics, and Social Media, Communicative Practice, and Social Change, with optional modules such as Visual Communication. The second year focuses on analytical methods with compulsory study in Researching Communication: Methods and Methodology and Understanding Public Discourses, alongside optional choices like Marketing and Digital Communication. The final year centres on independent research through the compulsory Dissertation in Communication module. Students can further tailor their studies in later stages by selecting from optional modules spanning AI and Human Communication, Strategic Communication, and Designing communication.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB IB: 36 points (A total of 17 points in three higher level subjects, with no higher level score below 5.)
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What students say
Based on about 106 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 79%
- Learning opportunities: 83%
- Assessment and feedback: 78%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 65 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 98%
- Left higher education: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 175 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 76%
- Baccalaureate: 14%
- A degree: 7%
- Other HE qualification: 2%
- Other qualifications: 1%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Communication for the common good
- Foundations of communication
- Media Production
- Social Media, Communicative Practice, and Social Change
- Understanding Publics
- Visual Communication
- Writing for Public Communication
- Psychological Approaches to Youth Studies
- Sociology of Media
- English Language Skills for Academic Purposes
- Academic Writing in English for Non-Native Speakers
- Academic Writing in English for Native Speakers
- Understanding Public Discourses
- Researching Communication: Methods and Methodology
- Fan and Influencer Cultures
- Intercultural Communication
- Working in Communication
- Marketing and Digital Communication
- Young people and determinants of health
- Youth and Consumerism
- An Introduction to Applied Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences
- Uncertainty in contemporary societies: A psychosocial approach to wellbeing
- Sociological Perspectives on Public Health
- Sociology of Gender
- Dissertation in Communication
- AI and Human Communication
- Creative and Embodied Communication
- Designing communication
- Strategic Communication
- Health Communication
- Literacies Across the Lifecourse
- Game Theory for the Social Sciences
- Food and Society
Questions about this course
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Communications at University College London?
79% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Communications at University College London?
The typical offer is AAB at A level, or 36 points in the IB. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Communications at University College London?
98% of students continued into their second year, and 2% left higher education.